diff --git a/package/version b/package/version
index 59e55c1f1..660b5ae0c 100644
--- a/package/version
+++ b/package/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.82
+0.1.83
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b2f785a6a..03f5fb218 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "kontrol"
-version = "0.1.82"
+version = "0.1.83"
 description = "Foundry integration for KEVM"
 authors = [
     "Runtime Verification, Inc. <contact@runtimeverification.com>",
diff --git a/src/kontrol/__init__.py b/src/kontrol/__init__.py
index d8193f906..5c3289b28 100644
--- a/src/kontrol/__init__.py
+++ b/src/kontrol/__init__.py
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import Final
 
-VERSION: Final = '0.1.82'
+
+VERSION: Final = '0.1.83'
diff --git a/src/tests/integration/test-data/foundry-prove-all b/src/tests/integration/test-data/foundry-prove-all
index ffae5dd35..38d9606bf 100644
--- a/src/tests/integration/test-data/foundry-prove-all
+++ b/src/tests/integration/test-data/foundry-prove-all
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ LoopsTest.test_sum_100()
 LoopsTest.test_sum_1000()
 LoopsTest.testSumToN(uint256)
 LoopsTest.testSumToNBroken(uint256)
+MerkleProofTest.testValidateMerkleProof(bytes32,uint256,bytes32,bytes32,bytes32,bytes32)
 MethodDisambiguateTest.test_method_call()
 MockCallTest.testMockCall()
 MockCallTest.testMockCalls()
diff --git a/src/tests/integration/test-data/foundry-prove-skip b/src/tests/integration/test-data/foundry-prove-skip
index b7246b03d..e79d057de 100644
--- a/src/tests/integration/test-data/foundry-prove-skip
+++ b/src/tests/integration/test-data/foundry-prove-skip
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ LoopsTest.test_sum_100()
 LoopsTest.test_sum_1000()
 LoopsTest.testSumToN(uint256)
 LoopsTest.testSumToNBroken(uint256)
+MerkleProofTest.testValidateMerkleProof(bytes32,uint256,bytes32,bytes32,bytes32,bytes32)
 MockCallTest.testMockCall()
 MockCallTest.testMockCalls()
 MockCallTest.testMockCallValue()
diff --git a/src/tests/integration/test-data/foundry/test/MerkleProofTest.t.sol b/src/tests/integration/test-data/foundry/test/MerkleProofTest.t.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39c39d4d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/integration/test-data/foundry/test/MerkleProofTest.t.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: UNLICENSED
+pragma solidity =0.8.13;
+
+import "forge-std/Test.sol";
+
+contract MerkleProofTest is Test {
+
+    /**
+     * The purpose of this test is to evaluate how well we handle branching.
+     * When we assume that _validateMerkleProof holds, the execution splits
+     * into 2 ** proof.length (in this case, 8) branches. We want to be able
+     * to handle this amount of branching without losing information, so we
+     * can still prove that it holds in the final assertTrue.
+     *
+     * Increase the length of the proof to evaluate scalability.
+     */
+    function testValidateMerkleProof(
+        bytes32 leaf,
+        uint256 index,
+        bytes32 root,
+        bytes32 proofElement0,
+        bytes32 proofElement1,
+        bytes32 proofElement2
+    ) external {
+        uint256 proofLength = 3;
+
+        bytes32[] memory proof = new bytes32[](proofLength);
+        proof[0] = proofElement0;
+        proof[1] = proofElement1;
+        proof[2] = proofElement2;
+
+        vm.assume(index < 2 ** proof.length);
+
+        vm.assume(_validateMerkleProof(leaf, index, root, proof));
+
+        assertTrue(_validateMerkleProof(leaf, index, root, proof));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that the proof is valid for a Merkle tree with the given root
+     * where the given leaf is at the given index.
+     */
+    function _validateMerkleProof(
+        bytes32 leaf,
+        uint256 index,
+        bytes32 root,
+        bytes32[] memory proof
+    ) internal pure returns (bool) {
+        // Number of leaves is exponential on the tree depth
+        require(index < 2 ** proof.length);
+
+        bytes32 hash = leaf;
+
+        for (uint256 i; i < proof.length; i++) {
+            if (index % 2 == 0) {
+                // If index is even, proof element is to the right
+                hash = keccak256(abi.encodePacked(hash, proof[i]));
+            } else {
+                // If index is odd, proof element is to the left
+                hash = keccak256(abi.encodePacked(proof[i], hash));
+            }
+
+            // Go up one level in the tree
+            index = index / 2;
+        }
+
+        return hash == root;
+    }
+}